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Escalating tax debts rumoured
30 August 2010 6:30am
Rumours of a blowout in small business tax debts get an airing in The Australian today. » read more »
Bank profits not so super
30 August 2010 6:28am
Bank profits in Australia fell five per cent to $17.5 billion in the year to March 2010, the latest overview of the financial performance of the sector published by APRA shows. » read more »
Subscription content please login to view - ANZ slims further in NZ ANZ slims further in NZ
30 August 2010 6:28am
A surge in other operating income and a small rise in the impairment provision led to improvement in ANZ National’s profitability in New Zealand in the recent quarter. » read more »
Subscription content please login to view - ANZN staff spurn pay offer ANZN staff spurn pay offer
30 August 2010 6:27am
Westpac’s pay rise offer has been accepted by Finsec members working at the bank in New Zealand but ANZ National’s proposed increase has been rejected and a protest has been planned. » read more »
Snowball in the pink at Suncorp
30 August 2010 6:27am
Suncorp Metway chief executive Patrick Snowball is the subject of a pretty mild news features in the Courier Mail today. » read more »
Subscription content please login to view - Debut dividend for Customers Debut dividend for Customers
27 August 2010 6:25am
ATM operator Customers Limited yesterday declared its debut dividend of eight cents a share, one of the fruits of the shift in the fee regime that applies to the use of automatic teller machines. » read more »
Cabcharge losing market share
27 August 2010 6:25am
The emergence of alternative payment mechanisms for the taxi industry may be chipping away at the turnover and profits of Cabcharge, the firm that once held a stranglehold on this service. » read more »
Subscription content please login to view - Macquarie upsizes RMBS Macquarie upsizes RMBS
27 August 2010 6:25am
Macquarie Securitisation has increased the size of its latest bond issue, Puma Masterfund P-16, from $500 million to $750 million. Price is between 60 and 115 basis points over the 30-day bank bill swap rate on those tranches where pricing was disclosed. » read more »
Subscription content please login to view - Suncorp banking result flat Suncorp banking result flat
26 August 2010 6:44am
The performance of Suncorp’s banking division in the 2009/10 financial year was clouded by the separation of its lending portfolios into core and non-core lines. The non-core bank holds corporate and property loans and lease finance and is in run-off. » read more »
Mortgage Choice looks to higher commissions
26 August 2010 6:43am
A slowdown in lending growth, tighter commission rates and only a modest expansion of the franchise network were the ingredients for a 12.5 per cent fall in earnings for broker franchise operator Mortgage Choice in the year to June.
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Subscription content please login to view - Capital targets lifted at The Rock Capital targets lifted at The Rock
26 August 2010 6:43am
The Rock Building Society is targeting a higher minimum capital ratio than previously, annual financial statements released yesterday show. The Rock will now target a minimum ratio of 12 per cent, with new policies that require “reporting to the board and APRA” if the ratio falls below this level, according to the annual report. » read more »
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